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Definitions for sweatshop
ˈswɛtˌʃɒpsweat·shop

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sweatshopnoun

    factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry

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  1. sweatshopnoun

    a factory or other place of work where pay is low and conditions are poor or even illegal.

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  1. Sweatshop

    A sweatshop or sweat factory is a crowded workplace with very poor, socially unacceptable or illegal working conditions. Some illegal working conditions include poor ventilation, little to no breaks, inadequate work space, insufficient lighting, or uncomfortably/dangerously high or low temperatures. The work may be difficult, tiresome, dangerous, climatically challenging or underpaid. Workers in sweatshops may work long hours with unfair wages, regardless of laws mandating overtime pay or a minimum wage; child labor laws may also be violated. Women make up 85 to 90% of sweatshop workers and may be forced by employers to take birth control and routine pregnancy tests to avoid supporting maternity leave or providing health benefits. The Fair Labor Association's "2006 Annual Public Report" inspected factories for FLA compliance in 18 countries including Bangladesh, El Salvador, Colombia, Guatemala, Malaysia, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, China, India, Vietnam, Honduras, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, and the US. The U.S. Department of Labor's "2015 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor" found that "18 countries did not meet the International Labour Organization's recommendation for an adequate number of inspectors."

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  1. sweatshop

    A sweatshop is a workplace, often a factory, where employees work long hours under poor conditions, and for low wages. Such environments usually disregard labor laws and workers' rights, frequently subjecting employees to health hazards, abusive treatment, and illegal or unethical business practices. The term is often associated with industries such as clothing, footwear, and electronics manufacturing.

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  1. Sweatshop

    Sweatshop is a negatively connoted term for any working environment considered to be unacceptably difficult or dangerous. Sweatshop workers often work long hours for very low pay, regardless of laws mandating overtime pay or a minimum wage. Child labor laws may be violated. Sweatshops may have hazardous materials and situations. Employees may be subject to employer abuse without an easy way, if any, to protect themselves.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sweatshop in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sweatshop in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of sweatshop in a Sentence

  1. Dave Aronberg:

    These cases arent about any one defendant or any group of defendants, the larger picture which we must all confront is the cold reality that many prostitutes in cases like this are themselves victims, often lured into this country with promises of a better life only to be forced to live and work in a sweatshop or a brothel, performing sex acts for strangers.

  2. Indira Gartenberg:

    These are the most invisible of informal workers, their situation is worse than a sweatshop, because at least in the sweatshop they don't have to pay for electricity and water and rent and they get paid regularly.

  3. Indira Gartenberg:

    Their situation is worse than a sweatshop, because at least in the sweatshop they don't have to pay for electricity and water and rent and they get paid regularly.

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